Illegal Dentistry Charged

DIGEST

A man living in an apartment near Pompano Beach has been arrested and charged with practicing dentistry without a license, the Broward Sheriff's Office said.

Henryk Mickiewicz, 55, was arrested Wednesday evening at his apartment in the 4100 block of Northwest Ninth Avenue after Deputy Shaun Casey discovered an illegal dental lab in operation, sheriff's spokeswoman Veda Coleman-Wright said. Bond was set at $1,000.

Coleman-Wright said a complete dental office was uncovered when an eldery Pompano Beach woman, Sophronia Osteen, was asked to make a check for denture repair work out to cash. The request aroused the woman's suspicions and she notified the Sheriff's Office.

Inside the apartment, deputies found an illegal dental lab that was described as elaborate, including a dental chair, dentistry equipment, dental lab materials, medication and machines.

Mickiewicz is a native of Poland and has lived in the United States for 11 years, Coleman-Wright said. He apparently is not licensed to do any lab or dental procedures. Coleman-Wright said he has been operating out of the apartment for 2 1/2 years.